All posts tagged choice

Three Things

I’ve had a frustrating week. I’m job hunting and not only am I not finding what I want, I’m not even finding what I don’t want. But getting bogged down by depression, fear, resentment, or discouragement will only prolong the process. Instead, I’ve decided to focus on what makes me happy. Wanna join in the [...]

When All the World’s Asleep

I live in an apartment building. The arrangement inspired the following, but it is a work of fiction… When All the World’s Asleep Sometimes I hear the weeping, and I don’t know what to do. Should I call the cops? Would I even get through? They say a 9-1-1 operator fell asleep on the phone. [...]

Pants, Part Two

About a month ago, I wrote about a Sudanese woman named Lubna, whose story I came across while reading Nicholas Kristof’s blog. Her trial was today. She did not win. She did not lose. She is now at a crossroads. As I sit here in my jeans and cleavage revealing tank top, I wonder what [...]

Pleasure Bouquets: Hidden

There is a famous Anais Nin quote that states, “…And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” You will find it scrawled in many yearbooks, inserted at the base of many emails and posted to many refrigerator doors. And then [...]